Filed under: Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Frankfurt Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/), Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hybrids/), Hatchback (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/), Lexus (http://www.autoblog.com/category/lexus/), Toyota (http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/lexus-lfch.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/)
Lexus LF-Ch concept - Click above for high-res image gallery

With just a few weeks left before the Frankfurt Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/frankfurt-auto-show/) kicks off in high gear, Lexus has decided its high time to let loose a single teaser image of its hotly anticipated hybrid hatchback concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/24/report-lexus-hatch-coming-to-u-s-in-2012/). The C-Segment model carries the LF-Ch designation and not the recently trademarked CT nameplate (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/31/lexus-trademarks-ct-200h-ct-300h-and-ct-400h-for-entry-level-eu/) as first thought, making us wonder if there's something else up the automaker's corporate sleeve in the near future.

"Think BMW 1 Series, but hybrid." That's how Lexus describes the LF-Ch, and you could easily add the Audi A3 and Volvo C30 to that list of competitors. Underhood will be some form of Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive, though the Japanese automaker has yet to release any actual powertrain details beyond that. Expect a more detailed explanation of the car's finer points in the run up to Frankfurt.

Across the showroom floor in Toyota's display will be the Auris HSD concept - which Toyota says is the first application of its hybrid technology in a mainstream model... other than the Prius, we presume - along with a plug-in version of its third-generation 2010 Prius and two separate concepts based on the diminutive iQ. Click past the break for the official press release and see the whole shebang in our gallery below.


Gallery: Frankfurt 2009: Lexus and Toyota preview (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/lexus-lfch-large_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/auris_hsd_full_hybrid_concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/prius_plug-in_hybrid_concept_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/iq_for_sports_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/iq_collection_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/frankfurt-2009-lexus-and-toyota-preview/low/)
Continue reading Frankfurt Preview: Lexus LF-Ch joins Toyota Auris Hybrid, plug-in Prius and two iQ concepts (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/frankfurt-preview-lexus-lf-ch-joins-toyota-auris-hybrid-plug-i/)
Frankfurt Preview: Lexus LF-Ch joins Toyota Auris Hybrid, plug-in Prius and two iQ concepts (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/frankfurt-preview-lexus-lf-ch-joins-toyota-auris-hybrid-plug-i/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


Permalink (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/frankfurt-preview-lexus-lf-ch-joins-toyota-auris-hybrid-plug-i/) | Email this (http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19147192/) | Comments (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/frankfurt-preview-lexus-lf-ch-joins-toyota-auris-hybrid-plug-i/#comments)

More details... (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/01/frankfurt-preview-lexus-lf-ch-joins-toyota-auris-hybrid-plug-i/)